From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family. L-R: Glynn Lisle, John Lisle, Ralph Lisle; Bernice, Charles, George Brown, and perhaps Celesta Lisle Lowe May also be pictured. The woman standing at the right is Celestia Fairbanks, wife of R.J. "Dad" Fairbanks.
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Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo is part of a series documenting ongoing construction work at the Las Vegas Convention Center expansion.
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.B. Lisle Family. Jimmy is the son of Chloe and Ralph Lisle. The Beatty Town Hall is visible in the distance. The hall was originally the Miners' Union Building in Rhyolite, Nevada, and was moved to Beatty. The Beatty Police Station and the Fire Hall now sit at the approximate location of this old Town Hall.
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.B. Lisle Family. Matt Ryan, an employee of the U.S. Park Service; Seldom-Seen Slim; Lottie Mills, and mother Of Chloe Lisle; a woman who worked in Trona but whose name is not recalled; and Chris West, who lived up Surprise Canyon in the Panamint Mountains (identified from left to right).
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.K. Miscellaneous. Lois Kellogg with her prize heifer on the Arlemont Ranch, Fish Lake Valley, Nevada, 1940 or 1941. Kellogg was born September 29, 1894, and would have been approximately 45 years old at the time this picture was taken. She purchased The Arlemont Ranch in 1938 or 1939, and raised Russian wolfhounds. It is said That she kept 125 Russian wolfhounds on the ranch. George Ishmael was the Ranch Foreman.
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). The Belmont courthouse is visible in the distance in the center of the photo. Building with tin roof located on the right was occupied by Rose Walters during the 1940s. The building was once the office of a mining company located in Belmont, and in 1985 was purchased by Nye County Commissioner Robert "Bobby" Revert from John Richardson, who had intended to make a museum out of the building. Revert remodeled the building and now uses it as a residence.
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.A. Hughes Family. Barn in the background is said to have been constructed prior to 1900 from timber sawed in Saw Mill Canyon in the Spring Mountains. It contained a number of stalls and mangers in which stagecoach horses were quartered. The barn was torn down when Walt Williams moved to the Pahrump Ranch, and a shop was constructed on the site.
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From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Eastern Avenue between Sahara Avenue and Desert Inn Road.
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Promotional video for Stardust Hotel and Resort showing amenities including the pool, dining options, interior of hotel rooms, sports and gaming, and various entertainment programs available; voiceover describing everything while short clips show onscreen, ends with a phone number to call; same ad runs twice. Second segment is promotional video for the Meadows Mall Christmas display with the slogan of "Meadows Mall means Christmas"; second segment appears to be b-roll for the same Christmas village promotional video with music playing over the same shots of the holiday display. Third segment is Monte Hale appearing in a promotional video for the Frontier Hotel; he walks through the hotel, dining, entertainment options while in Western-style clothing and at times, riding a horse. Same Meadows Mall clip runs again. Original media U-matic S, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.
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Finalized construction plans for the construction of Hacienda, originally called the Lady Luck, as written on the drawing. Drawn by: B.E. Efstonbuilt, Inc. of Chicago, architects; Harold L. Epstein, structural engineer; A. E. Capon, electrical engineer.
Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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